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Clarify path matching behavior in Express.js documentation #2036

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Fix docs section in Express.js
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Merge branch 'gh-pages' into fix-docs-path-example
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Update _includes/api/en/4x/app-use.md
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion _includes/api/en/4x/app-use.md
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<tr>
<td>Path</td>
<td markdown="1">
This will match paths starting with `/abcd`:
This will match the exact path `/abcd` and any paths beginning with `/abcd/` (including subdirectories), but will not match paths like `/abcde` :


```js
app.use('/abcd', function (req, res, next) {
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion _includes/api/en/5x/app-use.md
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<tr>
<td>Path</td>
<td markdown="1">
This will match paths starting with `/abcd`:
This will match the exact path `/abcd` and any paths beginning with `/abcd/` (including subdirectories), but will not match paths like `/abcde` :


```js
app.use('/abcd', (req, res, next) => {
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